The Report of the Royal Commission on Alien Immigration appointed
in March, 1902, was laid upon the table of the House of Commons on Tuesday. This movement has not been proved to have caused any serious displacement of skilled English labour, but it has had some effect on native shopkeepers, and possibly on female labour. The Commis- sioners do not think that a case has been made out for the total exclusion of alien immigrants, but consider that the entrance of certain classes of immigrants, especially those from Eastern Europe, should be regulated and the repatriation of "undesirable aliens " provided for. The greatest evil produced by the im- migrants is the overcrowding caused by them in parts of London. It is, therefore, proposed to take means to prevent aliens entering districts already overcrowded. If an immigrant is reasonably supposed to be a criminal or notoriously bad or professionally vicious, or, after two years, without probable or visible means of support, the Department is to have power to bring this person before a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, which can order him to leave the country, and the owner of the vessel that brought him may be ordered to reconvey him to the port of embarkation.
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